Counterfeit alcohol packaging is now more sleek,professional and harder to detect
Some counterfeiters are using ingredients or chemicals which are toxic to the human body to produce cheap fakes, with...
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$100 million of counterfeit wine in circulation
Research from NetNames suggests that retailers are losing between $300m and $400m annually to copycats and counterfeiters, with...
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UP urged to check counterfeiting over e-commerce
ASPA has urged the UP government for mandating use of authentication marks, such as holograms in products, before they hit the...
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Illegal sites selling smuggled duty-free cigarettes on rise
According to data from Incheon Main Customs, cases of tobacco smuggling increased more than ninefold between 2014 and 2015, from...
Learn MoreMinistry confiscates 160 counterfeit drugs
KUWAIT CITY: The Ministry of Health (MoH) had confiscated a total of 160 counterfeit products. The products include antibiotics,...
Learn MoreAlibaba insists it can help fight counterfeit brand goods
ORLANDO: Alibaba said it still wanted to work with companies fighting counterfeit brand-name products, a week after the Chinese...
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Rikers Island guards took bribes, smuggled contraband: officials
NEW YORK — In another blemish on New York City’s troubled jail system, two Rikers Island correction officers and a cook...
Learn MoreCity hub for fake electronic goods
Hyderabad is fast emerging as a centre for counterfeit products, especially electronic goods. According to conservative...
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Tom Steyer’s $2 Cigarette Tax Will Make California Smuggling Capital
With liberal billionaire Tom Steyer’s “Save Lives Coalition” gathering more than the 585,407 signatures required to put a...
Learn MoreTanzania: Let Us Be On the Alert Against Fake Goods
It has come to light that the Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) has destroyed 884 kilos of counterfeit and substandard...
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Rada fails to criminalize alcohol and tobacco smuggling
The Verkhovna Rada has failed at first reading to adopt a bill providing criminal responsibility for tobacco and alcohol...
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Coventry man sentenced for role in £600k illegal tobacco smuggling gang
A Coventry gang member has been sentenced for his role in an illegal tobacco smuggling ring. The group had managed to make...
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